Scapegoating Slytherin - The Moral Majority

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No: HPFGUIDX 144378

Lealess:
The attitudes and behavior of a "superior" group change towards a 
stigmatized group. Slythern House, I contend, is subject to a stigma, 
the house of lesser, ambiguous or negative traits. 

Bookworm:
I would argue that the Slytherins don't see themselves as stigmatized 
or suffering `negative traits'.  Given the attitudes we have seen from 
Draco and company, they see themselves as better than everyone else.  
It is only students in the other house who we have seen through 
Harry's point of view, who seem to think less of them.  

We don't have an unbiased opinion from either Slytherins who are not 
Draco's cronies, or the many non-Slytherins Harry doesn't socialize 
with, to get an accurate picture about any stigmatization.

Ravenclaw Bookworm